The Republican journal., 1887-06-02
News of Belfast and Vicinity.

cold and wet June spOlls mostly the whole
year.
A dripping June
Brings all things In tune.
II the north wind blows in June, rye will be
splendid In harvest time.
Calm weather in JUNO
Sets corn in tune.
when 1t Is the hottest in June, il will be the
coluest III the next February at corresponding
days.
June, damp and warm, does not make the farmer
poor.
If on the eighth of June 1t rain,
1t foretels wet harvests, men hath sain.
Previous to st. Johns day (24th) We dare not
praise barley.
Rain on st. Barnabas day llth) is a good har-
vest in grapes.
The following is from .Robin's Almanac 1897:
II st. Nitus day Q5th) be rainy weather,
Ii Will rain for thirty days together.
The troting park win shortly be put in lirst.cass
condition for the seasons races.
At the store of }. b. Watllin, on Main street may
be seen Gala lily leaf half green and the
other half yellow. The colors extend down into
the stalk.
an. NJ. r." an occasional correspondent of the
Republican Journal is contributing a series of in
terestng articles the violin, to the Providence,
r. L., Sunday Journal.
Mr. CO. Poor has put the city government rooms
in first class order. The woodwork has been paint
ell dark cherry and the walls handsomely paper
ed The city will repair the furniture.
gentleman advertised in the Journal last week
for book-keeper and was so dclugcd with appi-
cations that he came to the office cXclaiming
"Take out that advertisement, I'm nearly dead an
swering questions of applicants
Mr. ii. Z. Mcdonald, Of this city, will furnish
the class rings for the graduating class Of Belfast
High school The rings are antique in design, of
black onyx stone and white underground bearing
the figures 80. They are very handsome.
The Wavcry House at Northport, will probably
be open June Goth for the season. The proprictors,
Messrs. f. Wheellcn and George Joss, of Bangor
are making arrangements for good summer bust
ness, and will make the house desirable IN every
particular.
The I.orhorn Publishing Company of Baltimore
gave in recent illustrated supplement an account
of Harvard Gymnasium, with Il portrait of DR..
Dudley A. Sargent and views of the interior and
exterior Of the building, similar to those recently
published in the Journal.
In Rock.and several small enterprises are start
ing up which use water motors, a much cheaper
motive power than steam. This has been done in
ever! place that has water supply system, and
VIC expect the same result in Belfast when our wa
Ter works are completed.
The lcgacies to Mrs. Andrews and Mrs Harris.
of this city, mentioned last week. come from n
grandfather who died s. years ago. The money
was left in trust and is Row available There are
bat three heirs, and the property with the accu-
mutations, is quite large.
MIR. Foster, who represents the Thomson IIous-
ton Electric Company, of Boston, is again in Bel
fast, and 4 petition will be presented to the city
government asking for the franchise of the city. A
thry-light plant will he put in, which will be
bought 10y local company.
James Clement, of Seal IIarhor, Mt Desert,
famarly known as "Unclc Jimmy" was stricken
with paralysis on Saturday, the 2ist llt, and died
two days later, aged 81; years. Mr.. Clement was
the father of Mr.. Amos Clement, Of this city, who
WAS with his parent ut the time of his death
Mrs Alexander had a small but apircca:Sc au-
dience at her readings given in the Belfast Opera
House last Thursday evening. \ great improve
ment in her style and delivery since her former
pearances here noticeable, due to her studies
at the Monroe College Of Oatory, Boston, from
which She recently graduated An excellent pro-
Gra.Emc was eNccllently rendered, with piano nc.
compartment hy Miss Alice Eichncll.
Mr.. Ben Iiazcltine, of this city, lost last week
one of his span of large work horses, worth 800
The mate got loose in the night and il is supposed
played with the one in the STALL when the latter
kicked and got its hind leg over the side of the
stall, breaking it at the knee Joint When the
stable was opened in the morning the horse was
pcrspiring and exhibited much distress Mr. Hazel
finn, Init, I,1
AN ATTEMPT AT KIDNAPPING. A party of
Gypsics were in Belfast last week, but left Satur
day, and We're encampcd in Swanvillc Monday
While in Belfast they made an attempt 1T kdnap-
ping if little girls story is correct. a seven
years old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. y. G. Pcttcn-
gi!l told her parents that while on Cedar street
saturday She saw Gypsy team containing il man
ahd woman. The man jumped out, caught the
girl and took her into the wagon, where Il piece of
cloth was tied over ner mouth to smother ncr cries
ut this stage Of the proceedings man rescued the
little girl. No one the performance and Mr..
Pcttcnglll knows no more about it. The little girl
statement stands alone but it seems improbable
hat she would manufacture such story.
PENoEsc"T BAY LANn COMPANY. The stock
of this company put on the market in the
stock Exchange, Boston, for the first time on
Friday last The market report of the Daily
Globe says;
The stock got away from its holders and bounced
mp to & before ii could be stopped, and then was
dropped to A, which was the price intended to
be called at IT. strengthened then to 81 and closed
at % bid The company was incorporated under
the laws OF Maine, Oct. %, 1854, and rcorganized
March IA, 1881. Towns property at stockton and
about 800 acres of shore lots at Cape Jellison on
l'enobscnt bay, located at the wellknown Fort
Point The hotel bearing this name, and which is
owne" by the company, cost over 100000, and is
said TO be the finest and best appointed hotel on
the coast of Maine. 1t is furnished with water
gas and steam and has Il large livery stable, gas
mouse, anu Il number of cottages connected with
1t. The steamers of the Boston and Bangor
steamship line stop lit the wharf in front of the
hotel on their trips each way. The capital is
Si00oo0; number of shares, 10000; par value, SO
The assets are: 5000 lots at $500 EACH 5000 900
hotel and furniture, 800 600; total 900 900 The
debts Bills payable, $50 900; mortgage on no
tel, 5000; total, $50 600. There are 5000 shares
IN the treasury. The directors are William Clallin
= =. 5. Grant, Dustin i.ancey, L. J: Morse and Ar
of Boston, acts AS transfer agent.
SHIPPING ITEMS Schrs. Emma and Nathan Cliff
ford have discharged cargoes of brick for the Gus
tom House and Postotce extension. The bricks
We're from Brewer, to conform to those already in
the building. ..Scir. Prescott HaZeltine was sue
| ccssfully loated on Friday and taken out on tho
Merchants marine railway. Water tight bulk
heads were built forward and aft, and the ceiling
| thoroughly calked. She foatcd without much
trouble, the pumps easily keeping out what watel
came through. The vessel is not injured nearly rs
much as was first supposed Her keel is gone the
entire length and the planking on the floor chafet
lerbow, bilge, and sernpost are not at all injured
and the sheer is as true when first launched IIel
centre board will be taken out and she will be made
| into keel schooner The repairs will cost about
$1,000. .Schr. Pcnobscot was run into by . steam
er in nearly the same position as was schr st
Johns, and at the exact hour of the day Tire,
vessels-thc Nellie 5. Pickering, Mary f. Corsol
anu Nettic LanS'ion-arc on the passage from Bos
ton to Belfast for repairs THE Merchants Ma
rlnc railway company are overwhelmed with or
dcrs for work. Vessels are turned away daily
Another railway could be occupied at this season
of the year.
TIE ACCIDENT TO TIE SCIIR. PENoBsCor Last
week we gave the first despatch relating to the col
lison of schr. Penobscot with the steamer WAN
oke on the Scotland lightship at the entrance to
New York llarbor. Letters have since been rcccy
ed from Capt Carter giving further particulars
lie says the accident took place at $50 p. NJ on the
24th ult. 1t was foggy at the time. The schooner
was bound i'll, the steamer going out, and they came
together head on The steamer, side wheel boat
OF 1000 tons, struck the schooner the starboar
bow just aft the knight heads, crushing in the bow
breaking in the forward deck and taking away the
starboard anchor and fifteen fathoms of chain, with
the windlass and everything forward. The steam
cr'S wheel then rolled along over the vessels r,i